THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1886.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5557, 27 July 1886, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1886.

I The Hon. Treasurer Grey River Hospital Trustees Board desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the sum of £63 11s 6d in aid of the institution from the Nelson Creek local committee, per Mr William Claughesy. The Maori Creek local committee of the Grey River Hospital met on Saturday evening, July 24th. The following are the amounts collected by the different members -.—Messrs Morrell and M'Pherson, Eight-Mile Creek, ,£ll 10s ; Messrs Baird and Morton, New River Terrace, £20 5s ; Messrs Thompson and.Low Dunganville, £22 10s ; Messrs Baldwin and Lapraik, Mosquito and Cockabulla, £16 j Messrs O'Halloran and Superiua, German Gully and Liverpools, £9 ; Messrs Kelly and Brown, Italian Gully JIO. Total— £89 ss. It was decided to hold the annual ball on the evening of Friday, August 13th. . • A late item of cable news is to the effect that Mr Shaw, who intends taking put an ■English Eleven to Australia nex^season, writes to the Press denying the statemonts that have been published that the (Melbourne Clubs will refuse to _• lend ■ their grounds for the matches to be. played on, and he trusts that the .Gentlemen of England will not assist Mr Wardell, of Melbourne, in selecting a. team for a Colonial tour, as he considers the lat,ter's proceedings are unfair to cricketers ai Home. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yes' terday morning, Michael Murphy pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10s ; costs, 2s ; in dafault of im mediate payment, seven days' imprisonment in Hokitika Gaol. Murphy was alsc charged with using obscene language in a public place. He pleaded not guilty ; bui he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labor in the public prison at Hokitika for 14 days, the 14 days to commence at the termination of the previous sentence. "Jilgles " is responsible for the following item:— -'Mr , a country gentleman, told his groom that his services would not be required after a date named. The man made inquiries, and soon obtained a situation at a place about 3C miles away. He informed his employer, who said, " Oh, I shall be going there on such a day and can give you a lift." The offer was gratefully accepted. The gratitude was reduced to a minimum when, on arriving at his destination, his late master handed him his final cheque— minus 15s for " the lift," being the exaci equivalent of the'coach fare. One at least of those who left here some time ago in such hot haste for Kimberiej has found his way back again. A well known Grey Valley miner, who hac reached the length of Sydney, met soiw old mining acquaintances of his who hac just returned from Kimberley, and thej drew such a picture of the country anc the prospects of miners there that he hac no hesitation in making up his mind tc come back again to the West Coast as soor as circumstances would permit. The Duke of Edinburgh would hav< been glad to let his London residence furnished for a term of years, and woulc have probably been able to do so at £ very high rent ; but the Queen vetoed the project, and threatened if she heard any thing more of so undignified, a scheme, tc take the house away from the Duke, tc whom she granted it (or, as it is said "lent." it) he was married. The Duke's parsimony in placing his controller, equerries, an d other household officers or half-pay duri ng his term of command ir the Mediterranean, has excited genera amazement and contempt ; and I hear thai the Prince of Wales was by no means pleased at this proof of his brother* exuberant and misplaced economy. A London journal has the following :— "An emigrant lady, on arrival at th< harbor of Ok igo, had six offers of marriagt made to her from shore, before she goi landed, thro ugh a speaking trumpet." I The timber industry in the Taranak provincial c listrict gives employment tc I seven mills: and 106 men. The annual output is es fci mated at 5,850,000 superficial feet at the 1 o west computation. At presei it 390 men are engaged on the relief works, Dunedin, provided for the unemploye d. This does not include those who held n meeting on July 8 to ask foi work to 'Keep themselves and families from starvation, numbering, probably, close on 2;00. The Auckland Herald reports that Dr. T. G. Davy is aboUt to commence practise at the Thames. . . Mr Froude's book, " Oceana," appeared just before the Midland Railway Company was floated. The celebrated Standara article condemning New Zealand finance was published the very same morning that the affa ir was announced. Luckily both the bo- ak and the article were a few hours too la te to do the delegates serious harm, but from after occurrences they have the^ strongest reason to believe that had theij .• publication taken place a tew days befo .re the £250,000 was underwritten, the rail way scheme would never have been uoa .ted to this day. As it is, these two no* ja ble pieces of literature had the most un toward effect upon the work. MrFroude w? Jl have to be muzzled very soon. Advices from Panama are to the effect tJ tat yellow fever is raging along the line o f the proposed Panama Canal, and that a c holera epidemic is threatened. Thesani- ' ,ary condition of Panama and other towns along the Isthmus is said to be fearful, ;md to offer every encouragement.to kinc cholera, to begin w oik there. This nows has caused some uneasiness here ; for it is distinctly remembered that in 1850 cholera was imported here from Panama, ami almost depopulated several California .towiisi ,

Taking the total area of the land of Ire- ' land at 18,000,000 acres, it is estimated that a little over one-fourth of this area — 5,000,000 of acres — is under cultivation, tillage, and meadow, the remaining acre- 1 age consisting of rough grass, mountain, and bog. The capital value of the whole is variously estimated at from£l4o,ooo.ooo to £160,000,000, and the rental at from ; £8,000,000 to £10,000,000. Como and buy Gloves and Hosiery at our Clearing Sale. Lots of Gloves at one shilling, lots of Stockings and Socks, on e shilling. Astonishing Bargains. Smith and Barkley's. — Advt. It is astonishing the favor in which Wolfe's Schnapps is held — We suppose because it is a first-class article. We know that Wolfe's Schnapps is a first-class article, and can recommend it as such to our readers. : Headaches, Lowness of Spirits, &c, show that the Liver is out of order — In Wolfe's Schnapps you have the beat remedy. The Greatest Blessing. — A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that cures every time, and prevents disease by keeping the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred upon man. Hop Bitters is that remedy, and the American Co., the genuine manufacturers, ate being blessed by thousands who have been cured by it. Try it. See. Wicked for Clergyman. — "I believe it to be all wrong, and even wicked for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article is made up of common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians use and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will net be without them."— Rev. , Washington, D.C. U.S.A.